Verisk Analytics - VRSK Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Verisk Analytics in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" VRSK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VRSK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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12 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Verisk Analytics' stock. Their VRSK share price forecasts range from $173.00 to $220.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $196.36 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price.
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Verisk Analytics' stock was trading at $176.42 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, VRSK shares have increased by 6.0% and is now trading at $187.02.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 28th 2023.
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Verisk Analytics will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, March 1st at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 647-362-9199 with passcode "4026897".

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 2nd. The business services provider reported $1.44 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.07. The business services provider earned $759 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $754.44 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 34.12% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 37.62%. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.32 earnings per share.
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Verisk Analytics declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share on Friday, December 30th. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 14th.
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Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.68%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 19.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VRSK will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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166 employees have rated Verisk Analytics Chief Executive Officer Scott Stephenson on Glassdoor.com. Scott Stephenson has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Scott Stephenson in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Verisk Analytics trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VRSK."

Verisk Analytics' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Parnassus Investments LLC (3.53%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.43%), International Assets Investment Management LLC (0.36%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.33%), Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (0.32%) and CCLA Investment Management (0.25%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew G Mills, Christopher M Foskett, Constantine Iordanou, David B Wright, David J Grover, Kathy Card Beckles, Kenneth E Thompson, Lee Shavel, Mark V Anquillare, Nicholas Daffan, Samuel G Liss, Scott G Stephenson, Therese M Vaughan and Vincent De P Mccarthy.
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One share of VRSK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $187.02.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) has a market capitalization of $29.25 billion and generates $3.00 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $666.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.44 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,367 workers across the globe.

Verisk Analytics' mailing address is 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ, 07310. The official website for the company is www.verisk.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (201) 469-3000, via email at eva.huston@verisk.com, or via fax at 201-748-1472.